The Wednesday Wars

Age : 10~14, Lexile : 1000L

By Gary D. Schmidt

Hilarious! When I finished this book for the first time (Ahem, I've read this book more than five times.), I exclaimed. The plot that the main character's love for the Shakespeare's leads the story indirectly is very impressive. The tension between him and his teacher also plays an important role to help the story alluring. As the background of the story is 1960's in New York, seeing the difference in parenting is also one of the fun points to me.

On top of that, as the Vietnam War is an important backdrop for the novel, we can learn the historical facts without putting much effort.

This book is highly recommended to all Archimedes!!